Thursday, May 31 Lesson of the Day

Today we started and completed a report that had all the elements needed to make a report presentable in today's business or medical fields. 

Today's Class Topics:

• Creating a report using customized cover page and tables
• How to clear formatting on a document
• How to format a multi-level list and inserting it into a report

New Keyboard Shortcuts:

• Control + "D" = Design.  This will give you the "Font" window to customize the design of a document.
• Control + "Enter" = A new page.
• Pressing "F1" in a document will bring up "Help" in MS Word.

New Things I Learned Today:

• Learned how to search for a file when you cannot find it on the flash drive.
• Learned how to insert a new section in a document. 
• How to format headers and footers in a report to show page numbers and change the formatting to coincide with the color scheme of a cover page.
• How to find hidden text, which is text that is not printed.  Very useful for instructors when they are making up quizzes and test :)

New MS Word Ribbon Item:

Headers and footers are very difficult to understand and master.  To insert a header or footer, go to the insert tab on the "Ribbon" and you will see header and footer selections.  These selections will open up and you will have a choice on what you would like to show on the document.  The easiest way to format a footer to show a page number on a document, but not on the cover page, would be to put in a new section and unlink it from the previous section, so that a number will not show up on the cover page.  Also, utilize the page number selection to tell Word where you want the number to start and the type of number you would like.  Very useful in reports.  Use it everytime that I write up a paper for some other classes.

The creative side coming out